Week 3: Bella Roma and Crystals
Author: Simon Krasnow The third week of our time in Italy started with an extended holiday weekend. Monday and Tuesday…
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Week 2: From the Duomo to the Diffractometer
Author: Ava Schaldecker I can’t believe I have been living in Italy for two weeks already! Time is absolutely flying.…
IRES 2026 is Here
Author: Keira Davies First Week in Italy: Delays, Dinner, Research, and a Very Sunburned Will Weeks of anticipation built as we waited for the day to finally arrive. When would…Continue Reading →
Michele Attends FACT 2026
Last week, I attended the 3rd International Workshop on Theory Frontiers in Actinide Science (FACT 2026), hosted at the University…
New Work with Topochemical Reactions
We are very excited to share our latest research project involving topochemistry and terahertz spectroscopy, shedding light onto the mechanistic…
Ale Attends MRS
The first week of December I traveled to Boston to attend my first-ever MRS Fall Meeting, an event that transforms the city into the global epicenter of materials science. Representing…Continue Reading →
New Publication in Chemical Science
Author: Michele Pittalis I’m excited to share our latest publication in Chemical Science, a great collaboration with Dominic Shiels and…
Week 9: The Final Stretch of CRYSTAL Dynamics
Author: Lincoln Katleski Wow, our final two weeks in Italy. I remember when I first stepped on the airplane thinking,…
Week 8: Electron Diffraction, Bitte Schon!
Author: Will Stoll This past week, Will Archacki, Dr. Luca Catalano, and I traveled to Neu-Isenburg, Germany to visit the Rigaku corporate office. After a quick 20-hour flight from BLQ…Continue Reading →
Week 7: Why CRYSTAL Dynamics?
Author: William Archaki A quick trip on Emilia-Romagna’s public buses will whisk you away from the modern chemistry facilities at…